Does videogame paintball match up to the real thing? Kyle Orland can tell you after he gets splattered again.
Few things resemble real-life videogames quite like paintballing: 1) You dress like a member of Half-Life's Combine; 2) It's the only time hiding in ferns is acceptable; and 3) You actually get to shoot real living humans. And they bleed. Albeit in blue. For all intents and purposes, it's COD 4's Chernobyl level sponsored by Dulux. So why oh why is Millennium Paintball as enjoyable as a shot in the eye?
You'll love:
* Faithful to the sport
* Won't get actual paint on you
* Can tinker with squad stats
You'll hate:
* Bad hit detection
* Boring environments
* More loading screens than playing
GamersTemple:
"In my younger years, a kid who lived up the street, let's call him "Bad Pete," had a bright idea involving some frozen Gobstopper candies and his paintball gun. The giant purple welts that followed were far, FAR more painful than playing this game, but not by much."
Destructoid writes: "Yes, NPPL Championship Paintball 2009 came out in November, which, by my count, was about three and a half months ago. Ideally, I would've played it over Thanksgiving break, but the game didn't hit my mailbox until almost December, by which time I was already off the radar, thanks to a rather long vacation to visit my Dad. So, I didn't get to actually play NPPL 2009 until January and, as life has a nasty habit of getting in the way of me playing videogames all day, I'm only just now feeling comfortable enough to review it".
